Lyuba raised her hand and saluted Sokov, and said dryly: "Comrade Captain, Lieutenant Lyuba, commander of the women's anti-aircraft machine gun company, is reporting to you that our company is on standby, please give instructions!"
"Please rest a moment!" Sokov raised his hand and returned a salute to Liuba, then walked a few steps forward and came to the row of female soldiers' bodies. He took off the helmet on his head and held it in his hand.
We bow our heads in silence to pay homage to these female soldiers who sacrificed their lives.
The girls who were not breathing were lying quietly on the ground, with their hands folded on their abdomens, as if they were sleeping soundly. The living female soldiers had helped them wipe away the smoke and blood on their faces, and put on clean and tidy military uniforms.
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Liuba walked up to Sokov and asked in a low voice: "Comrade Captain, can we bury our comrades first before heading out of the city?" She was worried that Sokov would urge them to leave, so she thought it was necessary to ask.
clear.
"Of course, that goes without saying." Sokov replied in a panic: "Let's bury the girls' bodies and it's not too late to set off."
"Lieutenant Lyuba." Kazakov came over and asked Lyuba: "Where is the instructor of your company?"
"Instructor Sweta, please come up here." Liuba heard Kazakov's question and quickly shouted to the man digging in the pit: "Comrade General wants to see you."
Following her shout, a soldier who was digging soil stopped, handed the shovel to the soldier next to him, then turned around and climbed into the pit. When Sokov first saw the man's back, he thought it was a man.
There was a male soldier. When he turned around, he realized that he was a middle-aged female officer with a strong back and a strong back.
After the female officer climbed out of the pit, Liuba pointed at Kazakov and explained to her: "Sweta, let me introduce to you. This is General Kazakov, commander of the artillery of the group army. Next to him is General Kazakov.
This is Captain Sokov, and from now on, our company will be under his command."
Kazakov waited for Sweta to finish the salute and asked curiously: "Commander Sweta, I'm curious. There are bomb craters everywhere around here, but why did you lead people to dig another one?"
Sweta looked up at Kazakov, and after a long time, she said: "Comrade General, I cannot and do not have the authority to bury these girls in the craters made by the shells that killed them, so
I then asked a few male soldiers to help me dig a new grave for the sacrificed girls."
"So that's it, I understand." Kazakov heard Sweeta say this and immediately respected her: "Comrade instructor, please continue to work."
When Sveta returned to the pit to dig soil, Sokov saw that the project would not be completed for a while, so he discussed with Liuba in a low voice: "Comrade Lieutenant, can you take me to see your company now?"
Technical equipment?”
Liuba took Sokov and Kazakov to the location of the anti-aircraft machine gun not far away, and introduced them to them: "Comrade commanders, please take a look, this is the 14.5 mm four-gun equipped by our company.
The joint anti-aircraft machine gun is composed of four 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine guns. It is composed of a gun body, a scope, a gun frame, and a four-wheel and two-axle carriage. It needs to be towed by a car to move it."
In order for the two of them to have a better understanding of this anti-aircraft machine gun, Liuba sat in front of the scope, skillfully manipulated the machine gun, and continued to introduce: "The firing rate of this machine gun is 600 rounds per minute, and the effective range is 2,000
meter, in addition to anti-aircraft, it can also shoot horizontally. Two magazines can be installed on the machine gun at the same time, each magazine has a capacity of 150 rounds..."
After introducing the weapons and equipment in the company, Liuba began to introduce the commanders at all levels in the company: "The women's anti-aircraft machine gun company is commanded by myself and the instructor Sweita. There are three platoon leaders below. The first platoon leader is Sergeant Kaja.
, the commander of the second platoon is Staff Sergeant Yunia, the commander of the third platoon is Staff Sergeant Lida..."
"Wait a minute, Lieutenant Liuba." When Sokov heard the name Lida, he thought that he had seen this name in a novel before traveling through time. He immediately became very interested in her and couldn't help but
He interrupted and asked: "Is Lida's surname Oshanina the same as her husband's surname?"
A surprised expression appeared on Liuba's face: "Comrade Captain, have you known Lida before?"
"I don't know."
"Comrade Captain, you may have recognized the wrong person." Liuba sighed and said, "Lida is not married yet, so why should she take the so-called husband's surname? By the way, where did you hear this order?"
Seeing Lyuba and Kazakov looking at him with curious eyes, Sokov naturally could not tell them that he had seen this name in a later novel, so he could only say perfunctorily: "
A friend of mine, Oshanin, was an officer in the border guard army. After the war broke out, he disappeared. In order to avenge her husband, his wife Lida signed up to join the army. It is said that she became an anti-aircraft machine gunner. So I
As soon as I heard you mention the name Lida, I thought it was the same person. Unexpectedly, I was mistaken, hahaha!"
When they returned to the pit, Sweta had already commanded a group of male soldiers to place the bodies of the female soldiers in the pit. Since there was no coffin, they could only place them neatly at the bottom of the pit and cover them.
On a white cloth, Sweta first scooped up a shovel of soil and threw it into the pit, then handed the shovel to Lyuba. Waiting for Lyuba, Kazakov and Sokov to shovel the soil into the pit.
Behind the grave, the tearful female soldiers lined up in a long line and used shovels to add soil to their former sisters. After the ceremony, the male soldiers standing nearby swarmed up and removed all the soil outside the grave.
Shovel into the hole.
Just ten minutes later, a new tomb appeared in front of everyone.
Liuba and Sweta, together with several platoon leaders, inserted wooden crosses with the names of the fallen soldiers on the graves. Then, they placed the helmets worn by these girls on the graves one by one.
superior.
After doing all this, Liuba walked up to Sokov and begged him: "Comrade Captain, please say a few words to the girls." When Sokov was about to refuse, Kazakov was also there.
He said encouragingly: "Say a few words, Captain Sokov, just to boost the morale of the girls."
"Girls, comrades!" Sokov stood in front of the queue and said to the female soldiers who were standing neatly: "Today, we buried eleven young female soldiers here. Their red lives have ended.
It is too early. But we should not be sad or cry for them. I believe that our descendants will never forget those soldiers who died gloriously in the battle to defend the motherland. They are all loyal sons and daughters of the motherland."
Having said this, he put the helmet in his hand back on his head, took off the submachine gun from his shoulder, and pointed the muzzle directly at the sky: "In order to commemorate all the sacrificed soldiers of the Women's Anti-aircraft Machine Gun Company, let us pay tribute to them.
A final salute!" After saying that, he fired a short burst of fire into the sky.
Liuba, who was standing in the queue, quickly ordered loudly: "Listen to my command, everyone raise their guns and shoot!"
After the funeral, Liuba and Sweta took the female soldiers to line up to board the train, while Kazakov warned Sokov: "Captain Sokov, the girls are all future mothers. If there is no necessity, I will
I don’t want them to participate in the battle at all. You have to promise me that if the situation is critical in the future, even if all the male soldiers die, you will let these girls come back alive. Do you understand?"
"Comrade General, please rest assured." Sokov nodded vigorously and solemnly assured Kazakov: "I assure you that I will definitely protect the safety of the female soldiers."
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